About Me

Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata in her very own words had said about Mr Bhutoria ---
“He is a boy with a different vision altogether”. ---
Sundeep Bhutoria is a man with a mission – to make meaningful contribution to the betterment of society and to promote Indian art and culture at home and abroad.
Born in Churu in the Shekhawati region of India’s desert state of Rajasthan, Sundeep is very well known in the social, literary, diplomatic and the political circles in India.
A globetrotter, Mr Bhutoria straddles across worlds and wears many caps – a popular youth icon, tireless social worker and activist, ardent admirer of Indian art and culture, a successful businessman - he is engaged in many UNA projects holding key positions. He is closely associated with many social welfare organisations and trusts.
He loves to read,writes columns in dailies, plays the violin and enjoys playing golf and watching polo. He lives in Kolkata (India) with his wife Manjari but divides his time between Rajasthan, Delhi and London each year.
In a short time he has achieved many milestones and recognitions.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Today afternoon I hosted a lunch in honour of Rekha Surya, an exponent of Hindustani Light Classical who has trained under legendary Begum Akhtar and Girija Devi. She is in city and will perform at the ICCR tomorrow. I thought why not host a lunch and invite some of city's classical musicians and performing artistes.

I arranged for a barbeque at the Taj Bengal poolside and nearly 95 per cent of the invitees turned up. It wasn't like any of the cocktail evenings involving diplomats, the celebs from Tollywood and partygoers. It was a relaxed lazy afternoon where the city's top classical performers got together. I'd call it a classic afternoon.

Among those who graced the occasion were Bickram and Jaya Ghosh, Dona Ganguly, Mamta Shankar, Preeti Patel, Radhika Singh, Tanusree Shankar, Tanmoy Bose, Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Partho Desikan, Suuchanndra, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee, Usha Utthup and others (picture). The Taj Bengal poolside provided a perfect ambience for a relaxed time out for the guests who otherwise have a busy schedule for their own performances and rehearsals. Besides classical performers, I did invite a couple of my friends who patronize classical music and dance like Jayshree Mohta, Madhu Neotia and Satyam Roy Chowdhury.